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Founded in 1963, Greene & Heaton Ltd is a literary and media agency with a diverse range of clients.

We work closely with our clients, where necessary or desired, to polish their proposals, edit their texts, and to give advice about positioning in the fast-changing publishing landscape. We also handle all manner of activities from straightforward book representation and contract negotiation to film and TV adaptations.

Johnson & Alcock Ltd was formed in 2003 by the merger of John Johnson Ltd and Michael Alcock Management.

JJ comp 2.JPGJohn Johnson Ltd was a well-established literary agency, founded in 1956 and originally based on Henrietta Street in Mayfair. In 1977 the agency was taken over by Andrew Hewson, who ran it with his wife and fellow-agent Margaret until her death in August 2002. Their list comprised of well-known commercial and literary novelists, poets, playwrights, and serious non-fiction authors.

Michael Alcock Management was founded in 1997, and its younger and predominantly non-fiction client list complemented the John Johnson list perfectly. The merger in 2003 brought together the two lists as Johnson & Alcock Ltd and settled the new agency in offices on Clerkenwell Green, in London’s literary heartland.

In June 2015 the agency acquired Fox Mason literary agency, and in 2017 left Clerkenwell behind and moved to Bloomsbury, where they now share premises with Faber & Faber.

Now well into our sixth decade, Johnson & Alcock boasts a vibrant list of fiction and non-fiction, for both children and adults, and are proud to represent prizewinning and bestselling authors across the genres and in all forms of media, both in the UK and internationally.

Our ethos is a simple one: be exactly the representative our authors need us to be. And the selected co-agents we use are charged to do likewise. We believe a smaller agency is able to offer authors a tailored, more personal service, and the continuing success of our authors and of the agency is a testament to this.

Please see specific biographies of the four agents under the 'agents' tab, and submission guidelines under 'submissions'. If you wish to get in contact for any reason you can email the relevant agent directly on [firstname]@johnsonandalcock.co.uk.

One hundred years ago, as Europe emerged from the shadow of the Great War and began the considerable task of rebuilding, it was clear that the years 1914-18 had had a profound impact on the social fabric of the United Kingdom. With a generation of men conscripted and sent far away from home, the opportunities for women to step into areas of work formerly reserved for men had proliferated. Some became railway guards and ticket collectors. Some became bank cashiers and clerks. And yet more were asked to step into positions vacated by their absent bosses and company directors.Audrey Heath and Alice May Spinks, then both in their mid-thirties, were two of those women. Secretaries at the literary agency Curtis Brown & Massie – the partnership founded when Canadian agent Hughes Massie joined up with Albert ‘Curtis’ Brown and his fledgling agency in 1905 – they had found themselves in the unusual position of running the agency while their employers were absent on war business. Here they had worked with some of the biggest names in the literary landscape – among them Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author of the original Tarzanstories, and the American adventurer Jack London, whose work had been wrested away from its past representation by Hughes Massie. Keeping the agency afloat during the war years brought much professional pride to Audrey and Alice. The war brought heartbreak too, with Alice’s husband, Sydney Spinks, perishing in Flanders in 1917 and leaving her a single mother to their five-year-old daughter. Yet by the time of the armistice in 1918, the agency was in good health, poised to thrive again now that peace had returned.As the many soldiers from the continent and further afield began to be repatriated to Britain in late 1918 and ‘19, however, it became clear that Audrey and Alice’s roles would have to change once more. Now that Albert ‘Curtis’ Brown and Hughes Massie had returned to their agency, Audrey and Alice were expected to step back from running the company to support their directors instead. Yet the years 1914-18 had taught both women an enormous amount about running a literary agency, negotiating contracts, dealing with writers and taking work out to market. Having become so engaged with the process, they were reluctant to return to their more prosaic duties and accept that they would not be at the forefront of literary agenting again. And so, rather than settle back into subservient roles assisting the returning menfolk, Audrey and Alice made a bold gambit; they would strike out on their own, founding a new literary agency where they could originate and represent a fresh stable of writers. In 1919, they departed Curtis Brown & Massie – and A.M. Heath, incorporated as A.M. Heath Ltd in 1921, was born.

Established in 1935, we represent an outstanding range of writers of commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction, in all media and languages, and are the leading agency for children’s authors and illustrators.Our Film, TV & Theatre department looks after talented writers originating and scripting material for stage, screen and new media, as well as selling screen and stage rights to the books we handle.The agency’s longevity and track record speak for themselves. Please browse the pages of our website to find out more about what we do and the brilliant writers we work with.

Watson, Little Ltd handles an unusually wide range of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children.Founded in 1970, Watson, Little Ltd is a long-established literary agency that offers a full service to its clients across all aspects of media. It has an outstanding track record, and has represented a number of celebrated, bestselling and prize-winning authors over the years. Its current authors feature some of the world’s leading and most exciting novelists, children’s writers, historians, illustrators, and specialist writers, each of whom are at the top of their respective fields of expertise.

Watson, Little’s agents combine years of experience in many different aspects of the publishing industry with modern and author-centred attitudes and a keen awareness of the changing face of the industry.

All forms of media are handled in-house by Watson, Little staff or associates with a view to developing each client’s long-term career as a writer or illustrator.

Peters Fraser + Dunlop is one of the longest-established literary and talent agencies in London. We are proud to represent our clients with specialist expertise in the fields of literature, film, television and radio, public speaking, digital platforms and journalism.

We offer our clients the best people to work with and the expertise to develop long-term value in their work across all media while protecting their rights in today’s changing market. Our business is about creativity, enhancement, innovation and service. We believe in maximising new opportunities swiftly but also developing and nurturing talent over time. Our list is a testament to almost a hundred years of such long-term vision and belief and it continues to grow and strengthen.

Janklow & Nesbit has been in business since 1973 and is one of the largest and most powerful literary agencies in the world, with offices in New York and London. Since its inception, the company has prided itself on the diversity of its clients, who are defined by their quality rather than any over-riding editorial ethos, and who range from the literary (Tom Wolfe, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joan Didion, Dinaw Mengestu) to the commercial (Thomas Harris, Danielle Steel, Anne Rice, the estates of Sidney Sheldon and Michael Crichton). As well as novelists, the agency represents non-fiction authors of every stripe (Gore Vidal, David McCullough) and is known in the US for the politicians on its roster, including Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and Senator John Kerry.

The London office opened in 2000, tasked with building a first-class list of UK-based writers for whom the agency provides co-ordinated representation across all formats and territories. Over the last decade, the agency has grown to represent a broad range of international authors, who are regularly nominated for and awarded major literary prizes, and feature in best-seller lists around the world.

Our small, highly-focused office provides a unique service to its clients – a boutique agency with a global perspective.​SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

​Rogers, Coleridge & White represents a diverse range of bestselling and prize-winning authors from across the world and has an unrivaled reputation for discovering and nurturing new writers. Our agents take pride in managing the careers of some of today’s most successful authors, and we are widely regarded as one of the world’s leading literary agencies.

We are a home for writers across all genres including literary and commercial fiction, crime and thrillers, children’s and YA, and all forms of non-fiction. The agency works with a number of major film and TV agents both in the UK and US who help to bring our authors’ books to screen.

Our offices are in Notting Hill, in West London.

The agency was established by Deborah Rogers in 1967, and she was later joined by Pat White and Gill Coleridge who together formed Rogers, Coleridge & White. The agency appointed Peter Straus as Managing Director in 2006.

Founded in 1875, A P Watt is the oldest literary agency in the world, representing some of the foremost British and Irish writers of the 20th Century. Its current authors include leading novelists, biographers, historians, and specialist writers pre-eminent in their field. The agency also represents some outstanding children’s authors and illustrators.A P Watt's clients include a Nobel Prize winner, four Booker Prize winners, three Orange Prize winners, several Whitbread and Costa Prize winners, and the first Children’s Laureate. Our writers have created many bestselling books, long-running television series and hit films.In December 2012 A P Watt joined the United Agents Partnership, creating the UK’s largest and most prestigious literary, media and talent agency.

​Sheil Land Associates is a long established literary, theatrical and film agency dating back to 1962.

We have twelve staff including six agents and their assistants, all of whom are strongly supported by friendly and experienced finance and administrative staff, making us one of the top five literary agencies in the UK.

Founded 1899 by Albert Curtis Brown, the company has a long and illustrious history as a world renowned literary agency representing many of the most famous figures of the literary and political world throughout the twentieth century including Winston Churchill, John Steinbeck, Samuel Beckett, AA Milne and DH Lawrence. Many great authors have passed through the portal of Curtis Brown at one point or another in their careers, and many of these remain clients to this day.In the twenty first century, following a management buy out in 2002, Curtis Brown re-positioned itself in the UK agency market, consolidating its leading position in literary representation while diversifying with an acting department and also significantly enhancing its presenters and theatre, film and television, literary and below the line departments. With 160 people working in its central London offices, Curtis Brown is led by Sarah Spear as CEO.Curtis Brown was acquired by Original Talent in 2016 as its first and flagship acquisition; the Original Talent group now includes C&W (formerly Conville & Walsh) , Cuba Pictures, Fane Productions, Ed Victor Ltd, Curtis Brown Creative, Open Book Productions and Tavistock Wood.​WEBSITE

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